The second increment of the Army's Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport will likely include requirements for a platform that would provide a weapons system, a communications retransmission asset, extra batteries or a launch platform for small drones.
"If you look at 2035 to field something hybrid, ... the technology is kind of there now," said Michael Cadieux, director of the Army's Ground Vehicles Systems Center.
Onshoring and investment in military-specific semiconductors anchor a cornerstone of the defense industrial base.
Incoming guidance will help to create a new framework to identify, assess, mitigate and monitor risk to its supply chains, according to Timothy Goddette, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology.